Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the last moment [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 2 | Every sentence begins ‘ The whole point is this , ’ proceeds doggedly towards the target , then veers off at the last moment and explodes harmlessly in the undergrowth . |
| 3 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 4 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 5 | His trousers bunch round his ankles again , then catch round his boots and disappear over the edge of the chimney , kicking up at the last moment and hitting the grating ; the branch slips and the grating slams down . |